Editing Game-Summaries:7/14/2018 Recollections (section)

===The Plane of Shadow and the Underdark===
[[Celebor]] informed us, as we left the city, that we were named Friends of [[The Golden City of Elves]], though a more accurate translation is the Ancient line of Noble Healers (note: always explore and ask around). [[Celebor]] parts with us and we come to [[The Nightshade Kingdom]]. At the entrance, we pay a fee: memories. First, we experience a young woman putting away a large tome in the Family Lineage section of a library. She sees something and she is killed by some godly-looking being because of what she found. Next, we see a giant working furiously around us on crafting a stone disk. Suddenly, it cracks and he winks out of existence. 

[[The Nightshade Kingdom]] is an expansive city-state filled with artificially lit obelisks and pyramids. [[Karnifax]] leads us through the city as we see Grey Elves ([[Shadar-Kai]]) and people-looking-things roam the streets, seemingly going about their own business. Why are these people segregated and hated by their own kind so fiercely? Atop the largest pyramid we see a shadow roaming back and forth, and we learn this is [[The Raven Queen]] herself. Inside her [[The Nightshade Kingdom#Fortress of Memories|Fortress of Memories]], we are assaulted by voices in our minds but only Ford and I are shaken to our core. Our companions are hardier. The "portal" is a hole in the temple floor that we must fall through! Taking the plunge together, we crash into the floor of an expansive cavern. The [[Underdark]] at last.

[[Karnifax]], still restraining a bound [[Kaanyr]], leads us deeper into the [[Underdark]] toward [[Menzoberranzan]], through the Silken Paths. We pass the [[Faerzress]], which is how [[Gromph]] is attempting to control his plane-shattering mistake of allowing the [[Demon Lords]] into the [[Underdark]]. We avoid the [[Faerzress]] as best as we can. The Silken Paths is not a metaphor, unfortunately. It is an obscured pathway made entirely of spider’s silk. Unsurprisingly, we are ambushed by two [[The Chosen|Driders]].

Daylight burned the abominations away, while [[Rezik]] burned down the Silken Paths. We prevailed and finally stood overlooking [[Menzoberranzan]]. After a brief overview by [[Karnifax]], we disguised ourselves as best as we could, but only [[Tallulah]] could speak [[Undercommon]] naturally (Rangers are so versatile!). The rest of us decided not to speak unless totally necessary.